Over the past week, I've had more than a few listens to 'Stadium Arcadium'. My overall impression is that it's a great album. The Chilis don't attempt to try anything totally new, but rather the album can be viewed as an amalgamation of all their albums that have gone before; it's a tribute to the process of refinement.
It's a double CD, and the amount of great tracks is ridiculous: Dani California, Snow, Charlie, Stadium Arcadium, Slow Cheetah, Especially In Michigan, Wet Sand, Hey, Tell Me Baby, Hard To Concentrate, She Looks To Me, If, Made You Feel Better, Animal Bar, So Much I, Storm In A Teacup, Turn It Again, and Death Of A Martian are all fantastic. That's not to say the ones I haven't mentioned aren't good either...
Anyway, yeah...It's a great thing.
I love the rolling guitar sound in 'Especially in Michigan', its got a great evocation of movement. 'Hard to Concentrate' is such a sweet song, that manages to stay far away from mawkishness. It's a great track. As for 'Death of a Martian', I love the ending to it, when it becomes a narration accompanied by rock.
Apart from the ones you mention, I love 'Snow', 'Charlie' and 'Slow Cheetah'. Actually, I love pretty much the whole album. It's been getting constant play since I got it.
i bought the album the other day, its a fine record in every respect really, i love that (i'm gonna call him John F. because i can't remember the spelling on his name) John F has stopped playing within himself, stamping his mark on nearly every damn track. and really has flea ever been anything other than a freak of a bass player?
Originally posted by tabby999
if they'd trimmed this down to one cd they'd have blown everyone away but even with both cds, its still a fine recording
I think you're missing the album's concept regarding a double offering by the names 'Mars' and 'Jupiter'...
At a push, there are only 2 or 3 mediocre songs of b*ches.